6. Changes in Degree Requirements

Overview of Program Changes:Change Program Requirement from a 2 year full-time program to a full-time program for Year 1 (terms 1 to 3) with the option for students to do the IMBA program part-time in the second year (terms 4 and 5).

Change to the wording of the Exit Requirement for Second Language Proficiency from a standard of Advanced Mid proficiency to include a progression of two levels from the student’s Entry language level.

Update the IMBA Program Expected Learning Outcomes to a competence-based format.

Overview of Curriculum Changes:Increase the credit for IMBA 5100 0.0: "Integrated Management Experiences I" (offered in Term 1) and IMBA 5200 0.0: "Integrated Management Experiences II" (offered in Term 2) from to 0.0 1.50 credits each

Increase requirement of electives from 21 to 24 credits for a total of 66 required credits

7. Motion

Councillors Kurosh Amoui-Kalareh and Michael Laurentius

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies expresses non-confidence in the senior administration of York University and in the Board of Governors.RationalePlease note that this vote will be conducted via paper ballot.

8. Curriculum Changes

Approved by the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee’s Academic Affairs Subcommittee (February 14, March 8, and March 30, 2018) and received for information by Academic Planning & Policy Committee on April 18, 2018. Council members may view these documents by contacting fgsgovrn@yorku.ca.

Course Credit Exclusion
Disaster & Emergency Management 5710 3.0: “Critical Infrastructure Protection”/Students will only be able to take this course with the permission of the course director, if the student has taken Disaster & Emergency Management 4707 3.0: “Managing Risks to Critical Infrastructure”

Graduate Program in Executive Master’s in Business AdministrationNew Course ProposalsExecutive Master’s in Business Administration 6035 2.0: “Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Reorganization Methods”
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6045 2.0: “Business-to-Business Marketing”

Changes in Course Titles and DescriptionsExecutive Master’s in Business Administration 6035 2.0: from “Mergers and Acquisitions” to “Discovering Mergers and Acquisitions”
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6290 2.0: from “Management in a Data Driven Business Environment” to “The Management of Digital Assets: Opportunities, Risks, and Unknowns in the Application of New Technologies in Business”
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6490 2.0: from “Enterprise IT Strategy and Digital Transformation” to “Digital Strategy: Individual and Organizational Transformation for a Digital Age

Graduate Program in Social & Political ThoughtNew Course ProposalSocial & Political Thought 6188 3.0: “Modernity and the Relationship between the Religious and the Secular: Reading Hegel and Kierkegaard”/Same as Humanities 6336 3.0

March 8, 2018

Graduate Program in AccountingChange in course requirement [integration of mandatory research participation/project]Accounting 6160 3.0: “Advanced Financial Accounting”/Prerequisite: Accounting 6120 3.0/Open only to students in the Graduate Program in Accounting/Not available to exchange or visiting student

Graduate Program in Executive Master’s in Business AdministrationNew Course ProposalsExecutive Master’s in Business Administration 6015 2.0: “The New Era of Marketing in China”
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6025 2.0: “Contemporary Issues about Chinese Financial Markets and Institutions

Graduate Program in LawPart-Time LLM in International Business LawNew Course ProposalsLaw 6517 3.0: “Introduction to Canadian Private Law”
Law 6806 6.0: “Ontario Personal Injury Law, Practice and Procedure

Change in Course TitlePsychology 6935 3.0: from “Children and Trauma” to “Treatment of Trauma in Children and Adults

Graduate Program in Social & Political ThoughtCrosslistingsSocial & Political Thought 6187 3.0: “Walter Benjamin and his Contemporaries”/Same as English 6325 3.0Social & Political Thought 6189 3.0: “Perspectives on Ignorance”/Same as Humanities 6160 3.0

Change in Course Number and PrerequisiteChemistry from 6010 to 6000 3.0 and 6.0: “MSc Review Essay”/Course credit exclusion: Chemistry 5010 3.0/Prerequisite: Successful completion of 12 credits of the equivalent oftwo full graduate courses in the Graduate Program in Chemistry and permission approval of the Graduate Program Director

Graduate Program in Executive Master’s in Business AdministrationChanges in Course Titles and DescriptionsExecutive Master’s in Business Administration 6440 2.0: from “Analytical Decision Modeling” to “Decision Modeling and Optimization in Excel”
Executive Master’s in Business Administration 6540 2.0: from “Designing Brand Experiences” to “Designing Brand Experiences (Blended Course)”